MURPHY, COURTNEY, BLUMENTHAL CALL ON FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH CONNECTICUT STAKEHOLDERS ON RAIL ...

(Source: Christopher Murphy) Monday, February 8, 2016 WASHINGTON - Friday, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), U.S. Representative Joe Courtney (CT-2), and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), called on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to host listening sessions along the Connecticut shoreline to hear local concerns about how early proposals for rail upgrades may impact their communities. In a letter to FRA Administrator Feinberg, Courtney, Blumenthal, and Murphy raise specific concerns they have heard from constituents regarding the proposed rail line realignment outlined in Alternative 1 of the NEC FUTURE Plan. This proposed new segment would shift the main rail line...